Disclaimer: I do not own Christian/Jay Reso or WWE. I only own Dawn Ricard/Scarlet, and of course, the plot.
May 9, 2011, Monday - Raw live show.
In a few minutes, Monday Night Raw was going to start. Dawn, who had now transformed into Scarlet, sat in front of the vanity table as the make-up artist was putting the final touches on her face and hair. Her long, silky, fiery red hair had been cut short and her hair now ended on top of her shoulders, with layers in them that made her new hairstyle look edgy. She was wearing her in-ring attire - a small, scarlet-colored leather off-shoulder top that you need to lace-up in the front which showed off her stomach, matching skimpy scarlet leather shorts, shiny black boots that ended in the middle of her legs, black fishnet gloves, and underneath the whole thing, she wore jet black Victoria's Secret underwear. She was looking good, but not feeling good. It wasn't like she was sick or anything, she just felt so nervous that she couldn't stop tapping her right fingers on the arm of the high vanity chair. The make-up artist left the room. She grabbed the Divas title from the left arm of the chair, stood up, and left her dressing room as well.
As she was walking down the corridors, she saw Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres talking. Scarlet smiled at the two of them, but before they smiled back, they looked at her from head to toe, as if they were examining her. Scarlet was confused by this, but she just ignored them and kept on walking.
"Good evening and welcome to Monday Night Raw, live from Nassau Coliseum here in New York City." Jerry "The King" Lawler said on commentary.
"I'm Michael Cole and I love New York City!" Michael Cole said, sounding really ecstatic.
"And I'm Josh Matthews. Do you know what's in store for us and the viewers for tonight, Jerry and Cole?" Josh Matthews asked the two.
"Hey! My name should've come first!" Michael Cole protested. "Anyway, since we're in The City That Never Sleeps, tonight's action shouldn't bore us that we'll end up falling asleep."
"I think we won't be sleeping tonight at all; look who's back on Raw and looking good as ever!" Jerry said.
Gasoline by Porcelain and The Tramps started playing and Scarlet's new video was being shown on the titantron. Scarlet came out, raising the Divas title - her title for the people in the coliseum to see and the crowd stood up to acknowledge her presence. They cheered her on and she then brought down the belt, putting it on her right shoulder. She blew the crowd kisses as she walked down the ramp. When she was halfway, Melina came out of nowhere and punched her from behind. Scarlet fell down to her knees, and the Divas' belt fell off her shoulders and landed on her right side. Melina jumped on her, straddling her as she grabbed a fistful of Scarlet's red hair, and slammed Scarlet's head on the ramp repeatedly. As Melina continued her assault on Scarlet, Michael Cole's iPad beeped.
"Can I have your attention please? I've just received an e-mail from the anonymous Raw general manager on my iPad," Cole started as he cleared his throat. Melina got off Scarlet and stood up, eager to listen to whatever Cole has to say. Scarlet, on the other hand, tried to look like she was in pain and tried to pay attention even if she was still lying on the ramp.
"And I quote: Welcome back to Raw, Scarlet; all of us are delighted to have you back after you've been drafted to SmackDown a few weeks ago. I mean, we are so delighted, that Melina had decided to give you her surprise! Anyway, let me give you my surprise. Scarlet, you will now have to defend the Divas title against Melina. Have a good night."
And with that, the crowd booed. Melina smirked with satisfaction as she grabbed a fistful of Scarlet's red hair and dragged her towards the ring.
"To be completely honest, I am in shock right now." Josh on commentary said.
"This is not how Scarlet should be welcomed; Melina is absolutely rude!" Jerry added.
Cole scoffed. "Scarlet deserves this! And Melina's doing a good job with beating her up; Melina should be the Divas' Champion!"
As the three continued to debate on commentary, Scarlet and Melina were now inside the ring, and Melina was kicking Scarlet in the stomach. Scarlet was lying helplessly on the ring canvas. Melina grabbed her and slammed her into one of the turnbuckles, and did this for three times before the referee told her that it was enough. Melina then grabbed Scarlet's hair again, and slammed her head and face on the ring canvas. Scarlet crawled for the ropes and when she was hanging on to the second rope, Melina kicked her with her knee and Scarlet came rolling down into the middle of the ring. Melina grabbed her and brought her down on her right thigh, locking her in a submission move and putting pressure on her spine. The referee asked if Scarlet wanted to tap out but she shook her head no, trying her best to get out of Melina's hold while trying to tolerate the pain.
The first five minutes of the match, Melina got the upper hand. After that, Scarlet manage to slowly gain the upper hand and build her momentum. She delivered good, powerful kicks to Melina, and high-flying wrestling moves. The match ended with Scarlet giving Melina another one of her famous finishers - the Butterfly suplex, or also known as the Wings of Fire. Scarlet's music started playing and the ring announcer, Justin Roberts announced that she is still the WWE Divas Champion. The referee gave Scarlet her belt as he raised her arm. She raised the title with her other hand as she tried to catch her breath. She was about to leave the ring when all of a sudden, The Miz came out, running towards the ring.
"The Miz? What's The Miz doing here?" Jerry asked on commentary.
When The Miz was in the ring, Scarlet tried to run away from him, but he caught her and was about to give her the Skull Crushing Finale, when John Cena came rushing out of the backstage and into the ring. Scarlet managed to get out of The Miz' hold on her, and she rushed out of the ring, watching as John threw punches at The Miz. As Melina was lying in front of the commentator's table with Scarlet standing beside her, watching John and The Miz beat the hell out of each other, Michael Cole's iPad beeped again.
"Everyone please, settle down!" Michael Cole said. Referees now came out to stop John and The Miz. When the referees were successful with keeping John and The Miz away from each other, Michael Cole started to speak.
"I've just received another e-mail from the anonymous Raw general manager on my iPad," Cole said, the crowd booed. "And I quote: First of all, congratulations to Scarlet for retaining her title. And The Miz was almost going to give her his surprise - a Skull-Crushing Finale! But then, another surprise came - John Cena came out to defend the lovely redhead. Now, since I noticed how everyone keeps on giving surprises tonight, I've decided to give my second surprise; for tonight's main event, a tag team match: John Cena and Scarlet, versus The Miz and Melina - if Melina could still handle one more match tonight. Surprise surprise!"
And with that, the crowd had mixed emotions; some of them kept on booing, while some were delighted with the anonymous GM's decision. Scarlet went in the ring and stood beside John Cena, the referees still holding him back from The Miz, who was also being held back. John Cena shrugged off the referree's hands on him, and got out of the ring with Scarlet, walking backwards as they stared at The Miz. The Miz stared at the two, as Melina was now standing beside him, holding her stomach.
The show went on commercial break and Dawn was now at backstage, trying to get some rest. As she walked down the hallway, she heard The Bella Twins talking as they stood beside the Divas' locker room door. Before heading on to her own locker room, she decided to listen to whatever the twins were talking about.
"Why is she back here on Raw?" Brie asked.
Nikki shook her head. "I don't know, maybe she didn't have much impact on SmackDown?"
"I saw last week's episode of SmackDown, Nikki. The crowd absolutely loved her angle with Christian and The Corre!" Brie replied.
Nikki then gave her twin an arched eyebrow and a look of confusion. "Then why would she come back here?"
"Hmm," Brie thought, and then smiled. "Maybe she came back for John Cena!"
Nikki gasped. "You seriously believe that rumor of them having an affair before?"
Brie smirked and nodded. "We don't have legit evidence, but who knows?"
Nikki then smirked and agreed with her twin. "Or maybe John misses her so much, he asked Vince to put her back here!"
The twins giggled and moved on to another topic. Dawn didn't know whether or not the twins saw her, because the Divas' locker room was located in another hallway that met with the main hallway. But they sure had a lot of nerve to keep on talking about her even if they saw her. Dawn took a deep breath and shrugged it off - she knew that the reason the Bella twins came up with on why she was back here wasn't true - but, she frankly didn't know which was worse - the real reason, or the rumored reason. A few minutes later, she made it to her dressing room. She immediately sat on the comfy black couch, and placed the Divas title on the glass coffee table sitting in front of her. She lay her head on the top of the couch as she took deep breaths, still tired from her match a while ago.
Suddenly, she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in." She said, too lazy to get up from the couch to open the door herself.
The WWE Champion John Cena entered her dressing room and sat beside her on the couch right away. He looked at her, trying to focus his gaze on her beautiful face instead on her 32D chest. With how the way her chest was moving up and down from the deep breaths that she was taking, John find it hard to not look at that gorgeous rack of hers. John glanced at her chest for a few seconds before clearing his throat.
"Funky new 'do, Dee." John complimented her new hairstyle.
Dawn tilted her head towards his direction and smiled. "Thanks. I love it."
"Too bad Melina had to mess it up." John winked at her, laughing.
Dawn chuckled. "Thank you for pointing it out, Captain Obvious."
"Captain Obvious?" John said as he chuckled at the random nickname she just gave him. "Where did that came came from, Fire Head?"
Dawn laughed and punched John in the shoulder. Growing up, people either praised or teased her red hair. She would usually be annoyed with people making jokes about her hair color, but when it was John who called her silly redhead nicknames, she found it funny.
John pretended to look mad at her, and he looked like he was about to hit her, but he didn't - he just grabbed her face and played with her cheeks. Dawn laughed some more.
As the two played with each other, they heard a knock on the door. John was about to stand up and open the door when Dawn quickly stood up from the couch and pushed him back down. She remembered what the Bella Twins said, and if John opened the door, it would only fuel the rumors that were going around that maybe she came back for John or John had asked Vince to bring her back on Raw. That would only stir some controversy, and Dawn couldn't afford to be in more than one right now.
Dawn walked towards the door. When she opened it though, she found no one outside. She looked to her left, and found no one. She saw nothing when she looked to her right either. She was about to shut the door when she saw a folded piece of paper lying on the floor under her door. She looked behind her and found John Cena watching the tv. She bended down and hurriedly grabbed the note. She got inside her dressing room and closed the door.
"Go to room 905. It's on the 9th floor."
Dawn didn't know who wrote the note, because she didn't recognized the handwriting. She knew that it wasn't Mike, because she knew his handwriting too well. She crumpled the note and threw it in the trash bin. It could've been Mike, though - maybe he asked someone else to write the note for him? For whatever reason Mike wanted her in his hotel room, it was probably because he was going to rape her or something. Dawn shuddered at the thought. Sure, she's been with Mike before and he wasn't bad in bed, but in the situation that she was in now, every move Mike made on her screamed rapist.
She sat on the couch again as John studied her. He narrowed his eyes at her.
"Who knocked? You okay?" John asked, putting a hand on her left shoulder.
Dawn smirked at him and nodded. "I don't know, no one was there when I opened the door. Anyway, I'm fine."
John took his hand off her shoulder and nodded. "If you say so."
Dawn felt nervous as hell now. She just wanted the night to end and get everything over with.
It was now time for the main event and Scarlet was stretching her legs and arms out as Melina did her ring entrance. When she heard her entrance song playing, she came out with the shiny Divas belt was wrapped around her tiny waist. She walked down the ramp like she was a model on the catwalk. As Scarlet was climbing the steel steps, Melina's eyes were focused on her. The referee stood in front of Melina just so he could prevent her from coming towards Scarlet, who was standing on the turnbuckle. She took the Divas belt off her waist, and held it up for everyone to see. They cheered her on and then she brought the belt down, and got off the turnbuckle. She gave the title to the referee as he gave it to someone else on the side of the ring. She and Melina made venomous eye contact, until Melina smiled and started clapping when she heard The Miz's entrance song playing. Scarlet crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, looking uninterested.
As The Miz entered the ring, he stood beside Melina and the two looked at Scarlet, who was standing in her corner. The Miz had his usual arrogant smirk on, and Scarlet just looked at the titantron, waiting for her tag team partner to arrive.
His entrance theme started playing, and the crowd cheered him on. He ran towards the ring and made his usual entrance. He took his red cap and shirt off, and tossed it in the audience. He took his dogtags off his neck and kissed it, before putting it in his shorts' pocket. He then went to Scarlet and he have her a half-hug. She hugged back and she and Melina were going to start off the match. The bell rang, and Melina pushed Scarlet to her and The Miz' turnbuckle. Melina was choking Scarlet, and when the referee told Melina to back off, she argued with him. As the referee's back was turned, The Miz pulled some of Scarlet's red hair, in which she screamed, alerting the referee. Melina then grabbed her and was about to drag her in the middle of the ring, but Scarlet kicked her in the stomach with her feet, sending Melina tumbling down. Scarlet looked at Miz, burning him with her ice-cold stare. The Miz just shrugged. Scarlet then gave Melina a dropkick and when she was done, she grabbed Melina's hand and started twisting her arm, making Melina whimper in pain. Scarlet twisted Melina's arm in another way, which gave Melina a chance to kick her in the stomach. Melina then pulled Scarlet's hair and slammed her face on the ring canvas. As Scarlet was lying face down, Melina straddled her waist and grabbed both of her arms, pulling it backward. Scarlet yelled in pain, and the referree asked her if she wanted to tap out. Scarlet shook her head and yelled no. In their corner, she could hear John telling her she'll get out of Melina's death hold and he was asking the fans to cheer for her by clapping his hands. The crowd did, and Melina slammed Scarlet on the canvas. Scarlet rolled over and slowly got up. Melina was about to give her a clothesline but Scarlet backbended. Scarlet quickly turned around and put both of her hands on Melina's shoulders, Melina trapped between the ropes and Scarlet. Melina reversed their positions. Melina was trying to choke Scarlet again, so the referee told her to back off. Melina ran to the opposite ropes, and was about to kick Scarlet off the ring, but before she could, Scarlet grabbed Melina's leg, lifted her off the canvas, and sent Melina flying off to the floor.
The first half of the match, the two Divas dominated the ring. The crowd went wild when both Melina and Scarlet were down on the ring, crawling towards their respective partners. When the Divas were able to tag in their partners, John and The Miz immediately started to assault each other.
The match lasted for about fifteen to twenty minutes, and it ended with John Cena almost receiving The Miz's Skull-Crushing Finale, but John countered by lifting The Miz off the canvas, and finally giving him the Attitude Adjustment. John pinned The Miz, and the bell rang.
Scarlet then went in the ring, congratulating John on their victory with a hug. John hugged her back. Their titles were given back to them, and as the referee raised their hands, Scarlet and John raised their titles as the crowd applauded them. The Miz and Melina who were now standing outside the ring, eyed the two with envy, while Scarlet and John just looked at them with smiles on their faces, enjoying their victory.
When the two made it to backstage, John said goodbye to Dawn and went on his own way. Dawn walked to her dressing room and when she got inside, she found Kevin Kiley, also known as Alex Riley, sitting on the black couch. Dawn's eyes widened, and Kevin immediately stood up when he saw her.
"I thought you were on SmackDown? Did Mike send you here to kidnap me or something?" Dawn said, eyeing him.
"It was me who slipped that note under your door a while ago." Kevin replied, saying something but it wasn't the answer Dawn was looking for.
Dawn sighed. "Answer my questions, Kevin."
Kevin stood up and stood in front of Dawn. She got the feeling that he was about to chloroform her and take her to Mike, but he didn't. Instead, he took her hand and carressed it gently. Dawn looked at their locked hands, and then lifted her head to read Kevin's facial expression. He had a look of concern painted on his face, and apparently, Dawn was feeling worried all of a sudden.
"Mike needs you."
Author's note: First of all, I know that there's no Christian/Jay and Wade/Stu in this chapter, sorry about that. There won't be too much of them in the next chapter either, but I promise you, there will be LOADS of Christian and a little bit of Wade pretty soon! :) Second, this chapter is quite short and it took me a few days to write, and I don't know why. :/ I'm sorry if I've kept you guys waiting for sooo long, but I have a life outside of fantasy too!
Anyway, feedback is lovely. Leave a story review and please include your thoughts, something you'd like to see in the following chapters, or basically... anything you come up with! I always love hearing what you have to say. :)